Soap Or Eats

BOOOooooOOO HAPPY HALLOWEEN Bloggerland Sweet Pink Chics....

If you go and visit Beverly you will find some sweet Treats with no Tricks....just lots of fun blogs to visit!

I have to tell you a cute little Halloween story that my dear Mom told me a long time ago. Now when Mom told the story she gave lots of detail that I have forgotten. I was very young when she told me the story of her first Halloween in Des Moines, Iowa, about 1920, where she had her first teaching job. She grew up in a very small Iowa town where the kids got together and had lots of Halloween fun with some naughtiness thrown in....like tipping over an outhouse while a grumpy neighbor was inside and running tick tacks up windows, but somehow they did not go trick or treating is my understanding or she would have understood the two young boys who knocked on her apartment door....

They opened the door to two young goblins that said, "Soap or Eats." Mom thought they must be hungry or they wanted some soap. She and Dad were about to sit down to dinner, so she had the stunned boys come in and she sat them down and fed them DINNER! Now the way she told it, I could picture these two boys about ten or eleven who were expecting some candy for their bags and were probably too surprised to protest sitting quietly eating dinner with my parents. I do know they said not a word and when they were finished, they very politely got up, said "Thank You" and fled. I still laugh about that little story and wonder what they told their parents and later their own children about the strange couple that did not have any candy, but fed them dinner...lol!

Moms Dad was the country doctor for miles around. Grandpa had a heart of gold, but he was stern and my poor Mama was always getting herself into trouble for the pranks she could not help but fall into! The morning after the outhouse was tipped over, she told me Grandpa said casually, I heard that old Mr So And So was using his outhouse when it mysteriously fell over..I don't suppose any of you know anything about that.....Mom said she could feel herself blush and her heart beat faster, but on that occasion, that was all Grandpa said or did. Her older sister, Adrianna, was always looking at Mama in horror of the things she would get into...she would regale me with her little stories and I would laugh until my sides ached...Me? I was the opposite...I was a good girl! Ha!

Be Good, Be Safe And By All Means Enjoy Those Treats!
Jil

Here is my newest listing In The Armoire at The Ruffled Rose.....



And....

Darling little baby shoes that went with the baby quilt I just finished...aren't the little ribbon embroidered roses on the toes sweet? These were such fun to make!

Please don't be shy about leaving me a comment....By leaving me a comment I know you have visited and that always makes me smile!
Jil

The Stormy Day That Wasn't

The storm that howled across the midwestern part of our country was to howl up our way, too. Hubby got up yesterday morning and took down our hanging baskets on the front porch...yes, we still have our baskets up and they look beautiful....and secure all of our porch furniture....the swing in the back yard and so on. He was glued to the weather channel as he ate breakfast and kept giving me updates until I thought I would go nutty! I kept telling him that every warning they give to us for severe storms, rarely, if ever becomes a fact. He was sure with the extremely low isobars, this would be a storm to remember....

What we had was a beautiful day with some wind, rain and dark skies with low white clouds scuttling quickly to the North. A marvelous day to work on a project and that is just what I did....The wind did blow enough that I doubt we will have many pretty leaves to look at on the trees as the ground is becoming a tapestry of golds, reds, peaches and greens.


As I was fixing dinner, this is the scene from my big kitchen window...it was hard to concentrate on preparing the food as the clouds and the light kept changing...
Isn't the sun on the trees amazing....A gift from God, for sure! A wonderful bright spot in the day!

I had not heard of "Burning Bushes" until we moved here. I am a midwest gal having grown up in Omaha, NE. but I don't remember any there....Ours are not full and red as I keep them trimmed short in front of the porch, but here is the beautiful color of red....there are many around town that are big, full and glorious!


This last picture if of our maple tree in the front...it is usually a stunning red, but this year it has golds and soft peaches....the wind was blowing when I took this picture and I think it is soft and pretty, like a Monet or a pretty mosaic....this tree is always the last to loose it leaves in the fall and the last tree in the neighborhood in the spring to get any leaves!!! lol!


I am a bit late in posting this as my computer has not been friendly! It has been stubborn and cantankerous and that is why I have not been at tea parties or much roaming and leaving comments on Pink Saturday....this happens once in a while and then for no reason, it starts acting like it is supposed to...my computer is definitely female!!!

Enjoy your day....
Jil

Sweet Pink Saturday

Hello everyone and Welcome to Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly our gracious and beloved hostess. After you leave me a sweet comment ;0) run right over and visit her and there will be the list of all the pinkalicious blogs to have fun visiting today!

I can not believe how this week flew by...it was truly a week of getting things done....I planted 78 more Tulips in a glorious array of PINKS and lots of Daffodils. Hubby was out working on things to get ready for winter and he came in one afternoon to ask if I forgot to cover up the holes the bulbs were planted in, in one garden. When I went out to look, my friends, the squirrels, had dug perfectly round deep holes all over my garden with their noses. I got the rake and covered up the holes. I made sure, when planting them, that they were good and deep to discourage their naughtiness!!! I know winter is coming and they are busy burying their peanuts and walnuts, but when the ground is frozen and the snow deep, poor things never find them. Mad as I get at them, I always have plenty of food out for them as I know I would hate to have to dig in the snow and wind and cold for my dinner!

My pink busy-ness this week, involved making a special order baby quilt for a little girl due in December....I had fun with the embroidery in the corners, and the beautiful squares came from Abbie
of Special Jays on eBay. She has the most glorious collections. It makes you want to quilt and quilt even if you are like me and most limited in your quilting abilities. lol!




I am making a pair of little baby shoes out of some of this pretty fabric, to tuck in the package for an added surprise....

And, my daughters Christmas present is in the works....
Of course I have to show the "before" and then what I started this afternoon....



I hope she will like them as if she does not, I am snatching them right up as I have the perfect place for them!!!
And one last burst of pink, well, and white and purple, too, before I say "bye".....I have a few flowers that just do not want to give up to Winter...just like me..lol!



Be sure and visit Shabby Cottage Shops and our beautiful boutiques full of delicious treasure for decorating and Christmas giving....we have a wonderful give a way, too, that you will want to enter for sure! Lots and lots of "pretties" to win....

And, thank you for your dear comments...they mean so much to me and always put a smile on my face...they make my day!
Jil
xo